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More copies of this ISBN:History of Western Music (Regulation Edition) ((7TH)06 - Old Edition)by J. Peter Burkholder
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The Eighth Edition of A History of Western Musicis a vivid, accessible, and richly contextual view of music in Western culture. Building on his monumental revision of the Seventh Edition, Peter Burkholder has refined an inspired narrative for a new generation of students, placing people at the center of the story.The narrative of A History of Western Musicnaturally focuses on the musical works, styles, genres, and ideas that have proven most influential, enduring, and significant'"but it also encompasses a wide range of music, from religious to secular, from serious to humorous, from art music to popular music, and from Europe to the Americas. With a six-part structure emphasizing the music"s reception and continued influence, Burkholder"s narrative establishes a social and historical context for each repertoire to reveal its legacy and its significance today. Book News Annotation:This classic textbook—first written by Donald Jay Grout of Cornell
U.—traces the forms and modes of Western music from ancient
Mesopotamia to the present, emphasizing musical styles and genres.
For the new edition, Burkholder (Indiana U.) has also sought to
highlight the people creating and receiving music, the choices they
made, what they valued in music, and how these choices reflected both
tradition and innovation. They have also incorporated more material
on American jazz, popular, and other musics, while retaining the
emphasis on "art music." Included in the text are such features as
composer biographies, source readings, timelines, maps, color
illustrations, and cross-references to an ancillary package of music
CDs available through the publisher.
Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Renowned for its comprehensive coverage of genres and styles in Western music from antiquity to the present, A History or Western Music has secured its place-through six editions and for almost a half-century-as the definitive resource for every music student. Maintaining the authority and breadth of coverage that have always defined this classic text, J. Peter Burkholder has meticulously revised and restructured the text to make it more accessible for today's students. This revision places a stronger emphasis on social and historical context and adds substantially expanded pedagogy and striking four-color design. Synopsis:Maintaining the authority and breadth of coverage that have always defined this classic text, J. Peter Burkholder has meticulously revised and restructured the text to make it more accessible for today's students. This revision places a stronger emphasis on social and historical context and adds substantially expanded pedagogy and striking four-color design. Synopsis:Renowned for its comprehensive coverage of genres and styles in Western music from antiquity to the present, "A History of Western Music" has secured its place-- through six editions and for almost half a century-- as the definitive resource for every musician. In this latest edition, J. Peter Burkholder has renewed and updated the book to suit the ways in which instructors teach and students learn today, all while maintaining the authority and comprehensive coverage that has defined this classic text. In a shift of emphasis, this edition places people making choices at the center of the story. Linking historical and social context directly to musical practice and styles, this edition calls attention to what's important, where it fits, why it matters, and who cares. About the AuthorJ. Peter Burkholderis Distinguished Professor of Musicology at Indiana University. He is the author of previous editions of A History of Western Music, the Norton Anthology of Western Music, and the Study and Listening Guide. In addition, he has written or edited four books on Charles Ives and has written numerous articles on topics spanning from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century for The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of Musicology, Musical Quarterly, 19th-Century Music, Music Theory Spectrum, and other journals. He has served as President, Vice President, and Director-at-Large of the American Musicological Society and on the board of the College Music Society, and his writings have received awards from the American Musicological Society, Society for American Music, and ASCAP. Donald Jay Grout, late professor of music at Cornell University, also wrote a standard history of opera. Claude V. Palisca, late professor of music at Yale University, began his collaboration on A History of Western Musicwith the Third Edition. Among his many publications are a history of Baroque music and a collection of scholarly essays on Italian Renaissance music. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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